POULTRY NEWS

In Marketing Year (MY) 2016, chicken production is forecast to increase slightly by two per cent to 848,000 MT from 832,000 MT in MY 2015, due to higher parent stock and broiler inventories throughout MY 2015.Expected substitute demand for imported chicken from the avian influenza-hit US caused the increase in parent stock inventory and chicken supply by Korean producers during the first six months of MY 2015. However, most of the import volume eventually shifted directly to Brazilian chicken, rather than to domestically-produced meat.

PUNE: The decisions of municipal corporations of Mumbai and MiraBhayander to restrict sale of meat during the eight-day Jain Paryushan fasting season starting Thursday have come as a crushing blow to poultry farmers across drought-hit Maharashtra who say it will impact prices for weeks.

Two Research Training Scholarships, each for three-year research projects, were awarded to the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Bristol.The research will focus on two important areas for the advancement of humane slaughter of cattle and of turkeys, ducks and geese, with potentially very significant benefits to producers and to animal welfare.

LAHORE - International Poultry Expo, organized by the Pakistan Poultry Association for the last many years, have been playing a landmark role for the progress of poultry industry which is presently registering a growth of around 10 percent when all other sectors of the country are recording almost stagnant growth.

The State government has allocated Rs. 4 crore for creating 150 poultry farms in Perambalur district for 2014-15 and 2015-16.It included Rs. 1.34 crore allocated this year.It is aimed at developing poultry clusters in the non-poultry backward regions such as Perambalur, Tiruch, and Karur.

Through the South Asia Pro-Poor Livestock Policy Programme (SAPPLPP), the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) helped strengthen the implementation of sustainable small ruminant and smallholder poultry rearing interventions in two selected districts of India.

The World Bank estimates that 21% of Pakistan’s adult population lives on less than its poverty threshold of $1.25 a day. The poverty rate is highest in Balochistan.BISP is the highly successful cash transfer programme run by the federal government and modelled after similarly successful programs in Latin America. It provides cash handouts of Rs1,200 per month to 1.7 million of the poorest households in the country and forms a crucial source of financial support for them. But while the programme has been successful in helping alleviate some of the conditions of absolute poverty in Pakistan, it does cost the government over Rs2.1 billion a month.

A total of 7,000 three-week-old chickens are being distributed this week to small farms in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The dual-purpose chickens – which can be raised for either meat or egg production – are going to 350 beneficiary households in the Artemivskyi rayon of Donetsk region, and in the Popasnyanskyi rayon of Luhansk region.

Production falls forecast

Despite potential growth in export demand, Thai chicken meat production is forecast to drop by 3-5 per cent in 2016 if the Thai authorities continue to ban imports of US chicken genetics in 2016 as a result of highly pathogenic avian influenza.

Pre-report estimates showed that market watchers anticipated the USDA lowering yields in its August report, based on troublesome planting and weather conditions, said Chad Hart, Iowa State University associate professor of economics and extension and outreach crop markets economist.

Hatcheries in the United States weekly program set 212 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 29, 2015, down slightly from a year ago. Hatcheries in the 19 State weekly program set 204 million eggs in incubators during the week ending August 29, 2015, down slightly from the year earlier. Average hatchability for chicks hatched during the week in the United States was 84 percent. Average hatchability is calculated by dividing chicks hatched during the week by eggs set three weeks earlier.

Broiler rearing time to a fixed weight has been falling at one day every year.The markets in USA focus totally on deboned breast meat and they grow broilers to 2.7-3 kg.The realised yield is higher in larger birds.The Spring chicken weighing 1.2Kg live, yielding 900gms dressed tender chicken is ready in 26-28 days.This is a popular chicken in the Middle East and for restaurants.

This success is largely the result of continuous advances in genetics, animal husbandry, health and feed. Everyone who works in the poultry industry has contributed to these achievements, writes Suzanne Dougherty, DVM, an independent poultry consultant from Alabama in an article for Poultry Health Today.

A total of 7,000 three-week-old chickens are being distributed this week to small farms in Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The dual-purpose chickens – which can be raised for either meat or egg production – are going to 350 beneficiary households in the Artemivskyi rayon of Donetsk region, and in the Popasnyanskyi rayon of Luhansk region.

FACT announced a call for applications for its Fund-a-Farmer Project. Now in its fourth year, the Fund-a-Farmer Project provides microgrants to qualifying livestock and poultry farmers who need assistance in improving the welfare of their farm animals.

The untreated water was released on 6 June 2015 to the Three Rivers Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, and was not reported in a timely manner, as required, a statement from Washington's Department of Ecology said.The treatment plant was overwhelmed by the volume of the waste and some of it reached the Columbia River.